Artemis was not too happy when she woke up. Saturdays were her precious moments to sleep in to her heart's content, yet at roughly 10:30 am she awoke to loud snoring in her ear and something poking her in the back. Her annoyance quickly subsided when she felt an arm tighten around her waist. OK so it was kind of nice waking up with someone else in bed, but she needed to move. Her current position was hardly comfortable what with...you know.

She tried her best to turn over without disturbing Wally who's snoring had given way to heavy breathing. He was a mouth breather. His red hair was matted down, and he burrowed his face further into Artemis's hair and shoulder as she moved. He groaned and mumbled something about sleeping, to which she just rolled her eyes. She wormed an arm out of his grip and flicked his ear.

"Wake up," she hummed as she continued to flick his ear. A hand shot out and grabbed her own. His head slowly retreated from her hair, kissing her cheek as he brought his face even with hers. The kiss instantly sent her back to their kiss from the night before, soft and sweet. She tried to hold back a smile and the urge to kiss him again as she watched Wally wake up. He was clearly not a morning person. He scowled as he blinked sleep from his eyes. The hand currently holder hers let go to rub his face as he looked around the room. Green eyes eventually found their way back to her face with a sleepy smile.

"Good morning." A yawn escaped his mouth as he spoke.

"It is a good morning, isn't it?" Her joking tone was lost on him as he gave her a confused look. Artemis smirked and quickly flicked her eyes towards the offender, now poking her thighs.

Understanding slowly made its way to Wally's features. His hands immediately went to cover his face as he groaned. Artemis couldn't help but laugh. Stuff like this only happened in the movies and tv. This was too good to be real life. Her life.

"Uhhhhhhhhhg. I am so sorry," he said through more moans. Rolling on to his back, he covered his face with a pillow in attempt to hide his embarrassment. Artemis tried to stifle her laughter, but her thin sheets only made the situation worse. She grabbed the pillow from his face and placed it over his groin with soft smile.

"The bathrooms next door if you need to...you know...take care of things."

He wore an over exaggerated frown at the suggestion. Artemis couldn't tell if he was upset over his own anatomy or if he was going to have to care of it himself. Probably both.

"I mean, we could always-"

"Bathroom."

Wally climbed over Artemis, trying not to step on her. She laughed as he scurried out her room and down the hall.

"Stop laughing at me!"

His friends couldn't stop laughing. Wally met up with Dick, Babs, Megan and Conner at a local diner they frequented every Saturday for brunch. Megan and Barbara demanded every detail of Wally's night, and, unfortunately, his morning. It was hard to tell what the climax of the story was - his standing up for her in the bar, the kiss, watching her drift to sleep.

"I just can't believe you made a Game of Thrones reference, and it actually worked. You wooed her with nerdy charm!" Barbara took a sip of coffee before adding more sugar.

"Did you really doubt me?" Wally asked as he bit into his pancakes.

"Yes," Dick and Conner replied in unison, causing the girls to laugh.

"I never doubted you, Wally, especially after hearing about Cameron." Megan took a small sip of her juice. "So was it an..." She hesitated, as if it were a forbidden subject. "An abusive kind of relationship?"

Wally swallowed. "I have no idea. It sounded like she was just kind of..." he gimmaced. "I really have no idea."

The table was silent. No one really knew what to say as they all looked around the diner and at their food. Wally worked into his eggs, but couldn't bring himself to bite.

"I really like her, Wally. I think she's great," Megan said. She gave Wally a small smile. "I think the two of you are a great match." The table nodded, mumbling their agreements.

"Yeah, so don't mess it up, idiot!" Dick said. He swiped a piece of toast off Wally's plate. Stuffing it in his mouth, Dick feigning ignorance, shrugging off Wally's insults. The mood of the table seemed to lighten putting everyone in brighter spirits.

"I've already put my foot in my mouth a dozen times, and she still likes me. What could go wrong?

Artemis could hear her phone ringing when she got home from work. The question was...where was it? Her pockets were empty and she hadn't taken her purse to work in ages. That left one place it could possibly be - her bed. She ransacked her blankets following the sound of the 8bit ring. Just as the phone slid off the bed she caught it. The number was unknown, but she had a very good feeling who was calling her.

"Hello?"

"Word on the street is you have a new boyfriend..."

"It's only been like...two weeks! He's hardly my boyfriend."

Her sister laughed on the other side of the line. "Well, the subject of "boning" was brought up, so I just assumed."

"Really? You believed Cameron?" She rubbed her eyes before taking her hair down from its ponytail.

"Careful! Too much sex and you'll end up with a family, and we all know how much you'd hate that." Jade's voice had a purr-like quality to it that Artemis had always admired. Despite they're rocky upbringing, the two had always managed to stay close...in a twisted-Jade left as soon as she learned how to drive leaving Artemis alone with their dad and a less than perfect boyfriend-sort of way. The kept in contact mostly through voicemails, but had rekindled a more sisterly bond when Artemis heard (through their mother) that she was an aunt. And had a brother-in-law. Needless to say it was a shock.

"It's hardly anything serious. A couple dates, that's it. Why did Cameron tell you anyways?"

"Mostly shock value I would imagine. You know how he is...always eager to please." A high pitched giggle could be heard in the background as well as a very loud crash. "Ssshhhit. Why doesn't she ever sleep?"

"You know how Nguyen women are. Put her on the phone."

Artemis begged for a solid minute to talk to her niece. She had a soft spot for her, all kids really. They were so innocent and honest. How everyone should be in her opinion. Jade finally relented, setting the phone down to get Lian. Coos and giggles soon drifted through the line, and Artemis laughed along. Funny voices, singing Lian's name, she knew how to send her niece into a fit of giggles every time. After a couple minutes she heard her sister declare it officially bedtime, earning her a "love you, Art!" from the toddler.

"Goodnight, Lian. I love you." She heard Lian run off as Jade took back the phone. "Does mom know about him?"

"Your boyfriend? I doubt it, although I'm sure she'd love to hear about him. Or from you. You know...either or."

She sighed. It had been a couple weeks since she had called her mom, which was odd considering how close they were. Her thoughts ventured to her other parent, the one who would be much more interested in Wally for all the wrong reasons. "Did he mention dad?"

There was a long pause from Jade's end that worried Artemis. "No," she finally said. Artemis sighed again as her sister continued. "He didn't mention him or any plans of telling him. You never know with him though. He hardly thinks things through." Another pause and Artemis fell back onto her bed. Maybe she was just that easy to read over the phone. Maybe her waves of anxiety were just that strong. "Don't worry about it. If something happens, you can deal with it." She could practically hear the smirk in Jade's voice. "Just ignore the bastard. It's that simple."

They said their goodbyes and Artemis rolled over in her bed. Her empty bed. It had only been one night, how was she already accustomed to sharing her bed? She turned and groaned into her pillow.

Nope. We're not doing this. Not this quickly. Of course she liked Wally, why wouldn't she? He was that super witty character on her your favorite tv show. The issue was, it was just happening too fast.

I mean I really like him.

...

Dammit!

It was his penis. I was referring to his penis. Things will be picking up real soon, some actual romance, some plot, but at least we had the return of the humor! Lord knows we need it what with all these depressing fics floating around now.

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